Peru is one of the world’s most biodiverse nations, containing ninety microclimates across extreme variances of altitude. The coastal, rain-forested, and mountainous environments provide abundant resources, including major exports such as fish, copper and asparagus. Many culturally and historically significant areas are popular tourist destinations that encompass complex layered histories, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival organizers affirmed.
On this occasion, the organization gets prepared to host the Smithsonian Folklife Festival focused on "Perú: Pachamama" (Mother Earth).
The said event will see the participation of more than 150 participants to highlight the diversity and vitality of Peruvian and Peruvian American communities.
The program comprises evening concerts to be performed at the Ralph Rinzler Concert Stage on Washington D.C. National Mall. Those will feature Peruvian musicians, dancers, special guest artists.
The Peru program will put following activities on display: Projects, organizations and groups, whose cultural expressions highlight social, cultural, and economic exchanges. It will demonstrate visitors how the networks of celebration and community, crops and markets, textile and craft production, foodways and technology work. Likewise, music and dance will accompany the entire show.
Peruvian cuisine, known worldwide, will be featured through cooking and craft demonstrations, as will discussions, ritual, celebratory processions and other participatory activities. In addition, there will be robust involvement with Peruvian American and diaspora communities.
Visitors will have the opportunity to learn, taste, dance, shop and witness these vibrantly connected cultures living the in same nation.
The Perú: Pachamama program is co-sponsored by the Republic of Peru Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR) and presented in partnership with the National Park Service.
The Folklife Festival will take place Wednesday, June 24, through Sunday, June 28; and Wednesday, July 1, through Sunday, July 5. Hours are from 11 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. every day. Admission is free.
The Festival, inaugurated in 1967, honors people from across the United States and around the world. It unites presenters and performers in the nation’s capital to celebrate the diversity of cultural traditions. It is produced by the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
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